The establishment of the Celestial Dynasty began with the bestowal of the title upon the River God.

The newlyweds ate and chatted, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Li Dashan, who was waiting impatiently in the courtyard, called out a few times and finally got Li Yi to come out of the house.

The father and son walked towards the village entrance and saw Li Dahu in the distance. The latter had another person with him, who looked to be about the same age as Li Yi and looked very similar to Li Dahu, with a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes.

"Brother Shan, Brother Yi!"

Li Dahu started calling out from afar. When the father and son arrived, he patted the boy beside him and said, "This is my son. We went hiking together today. Yi-ge, you two are the same age, you should spend more time together."

Is this Xiao Huzi, who is preparing to be sent to the army next year?

Just as he was about to call out, the burly young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes shouted:

"Hey Yi-ge, my dad has praised you a lot. Let's measure things out today."

Li Yi chuckled and said, "Sure."

The adults from both families ignored the younger generation and headed straight into the mountains; Little Tiger, on the other hand, very familiarly put his arm around Li Yi, glanced discreetly in a certain direction, and whispered:

"Brother Yi, I, Li Erhu, have come here today with a mission."

Li Yi quickly glanced at the group following Li Erhu's gaze. There was a large group of people standing there, and Li Quan was among them.

The two followed behind their elder, laughing and talking as they walked:

"The younger generation in the village all listen to Quan-ge, but you, Yi-ge, spend all your time running around in the mountains with Uncle Da-shan and my dad. If you didn't have any skills, that would be one thing, but the old folks in the village see you reaping a bountiful harvest every day, and you never even go over there to say hello... This is not good."

Do we still have to pay respects to powerful figures?

Li Yi understood immediately and asked, "So you're here to sound me out?"

Li Erhu said calmly, "Hey! I'm here to advise you. Yi-ge is obviously capable, but we can't isolate all the younger generation in the village. If you don't hang out with anyone, won't you be bored?"

Four days ago, before Zhang Junyi had recovered her cultivation at the Three Spirit Acupoints, Li Yi really did have the idea of ​​showing off in front of others, so that there would be less resistance when he took Zhang Junyi down the mountain in the future.

But right now... I really don't have the energy to play along with their antics.

Li Yi replied casually, "I went back to my hometown to get married, and then I immediately started getting used to running in the mountains with my father. I haven't had a chance to do it yet. Now that winter is approaching, I need to hurry up and save up for the family's winter needs."

Li Erhu frowned and remained silent for a long while before saying:

"That's true. Running around in the mountains with Uncle Dashan and my dad makes it easier to distribute the goods, and we also get more rewards."

Li Erhu was not unaware that his father had been bringing back significantly more prey recently, and Li Yi deserved much of the credit for that.

"Well then, I'll talk to Quan later and try to make sure you don't have to go hiking with the younger generation. Just go and get to know everyone."

The neighbors were all very nice, so Li Yi couldn't refuse and agreed.

On the other side, Li Quan was surrounded by several companions, and every word they said was heard by Li Yi.

"Brother Quan, that Li Yi is really clueless. He's been back in the mountains for so many days, and he doesn't even know how to get to know us."

"That's right, the day his wife ran away, all of us brothers did our best, without even saying a word!"

"Once Little Tiger calls him over, we need to establish the rules first. Who is he trying to impress by being so unsociable?"

Li Yi simply smiled at this. If it were before he absorbed Qi, he might have been annoyed by this matter; but now that he was a Qi Refining cultivator, and even had a River God under his command, it was insignificant to him and could not cause him any ripples.

Li Erhu ran to Li Quan's side, and then ran back a little while later, setting the time for dusk today.

Seeing Li Yi nod in agreement, Li Erhu visibly relaxed and chatted and laughed as he followed the two elders through the mountains all day. When they returned to the village, it was still early.

"Brother Yi, I'll come find you when it's time, and I'll take you to the west end of the village to introduce you to everyone!"

Li Yi waved his hand, went into the courtyard and processed the game with Li Dashan. Then he pushed open the door of the west room and looked inside. It was empty.

"Mother, where is your daughter-in-law?"

Li's mother came out of the east room, her face full of doubt. "Not in the room?"

problem occurs!

Li Yi's face turned solemn as he strode out of the courtyard, followed by the sound of his adoptive mother crying.

"You heartless slut, you ran away again!"

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Fifteen minutes ago, in the Li family courtyard.

Zhang Junyi sat upright by the window, his arms resting naturally on the table, seemingly lost in thought.

The surrounding water vapor continuously surged into her body, constantly impacting her sixth acupoint on the Lesser Yin Kidney Meridian—Zhaohai.

Zhang Junyi's water energy was much more abundant than before. Although his strength was insufficient, he was able to continuously accumulate it.

The lung yin metal qi in the Zhaohai acupoint had already loosened. Thinking that Zhang Lingbao might appear at any time, Zhang Junyi gritted his teeth and actually reversed the water qi in his body to form a water dragon. He used the technique "Water Dragon Chant" to impact the Zhaohai acupoint!

A small stream of water vapor, like a dragon soaring through the air, resolutely collided with the golden energy. Zhang Junyi felt the golden energy shackles within the Zhaohai acupoint shatter instantly, and the water vapor sealed within surged out of the acupoint, feeling incredibly refreshed.

The water dragon, its energy completely depleted by the golden energy, charged towards the seventh spiritual acupoint, "Fuliu," but it was like an ant trying to shake a tree, vanishing without a sound.

Zhang Junyi curled the corners of her lips, "Keep up the good work. As long as we can break through the 'Yin Valley,' even if we face Zhang Lingbao alone, there is still a chance of escape."

She looked up, intending to look at the sky outside the window to calm her mind, but her view was blocked by a man of the same age.

The man was dressed in a snow-white silk robe, holding a folding fan with ink painting on it, his thin lips smiling, his demeanor otherworldly.

That smile seemed very kind to outsiders, but it made Zhang Junyi feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave, and she stood there stunned.

"My dear sister, you're so cunning!"

The man was Zhang Lingbao, the illegitimate son of the Zhang family.

He stared at his older sister, his gaze filled with not only astonishment but also a hint of inquiry.

"How did you break your brother's golden qi shackles? Did Master perhaps bestow another reward upon you?"

Zhang Lingbao continued, unfolding a folding fan:

"Hand over the treasure, and you'll still have a chance to survive in this mountain village."

Zhang Junyi was at a loss for what to do. Suddenly, he saw a wisp of golden energy under the folding fan and immediately remembered his method of sealing spiritual acupoints. He almost instinctively rushed out of the window and brushed past Zhang Lingbao.

Zhang Lingbao no longer concealed the golden energy in his hand, but failed to grasp his target.

He turned around and looked, but he wasn't in a hurry.

With Zhang Junyi's cultivation level at the early stage of Qi Refining, there was no way he could escape his grasp.

"Water escape technique, huh? Let's see how fast you can run!"

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"Junyi has never left the courtyard alone before; this unusual behavior is most likely because Zhang Lingbao has arrived!"

Li Yi rushed out of the courtyard and, without thinking, headed straight for the waterfall.

As a cultivator specializing in water-based qi, Zhang Junyi naturally fought using water as his weapon.

Anxious, he stopped concealing himself and ran around in front of the villagers, eliciting gasps of surprise.

"This is terrible! Junyi can't shout. How can we alert the tiger demon and the green snake?"

On second thought, as a cultivator, there must be many ways to make a commotion.

Li Yi was filled with anxiety and kept reassuring himself until he crawled into the bushes east of the village and finally heard some noise.

Instead of being careful, he began to run wildly upstream along the river. In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he saw a large surge of golden energy in the distance, gradually binding and suppressing the small stream of water energy at the other end.

"This is Zhang Lingbao's 'Golden Binding Technique'?!"

Li Yi thought to himself, then rushed out of the bushes without a second thought, unleashing the wood energy within his body.

Zhang Lingbao glanced sideways, casually dispersed the wood energy, and a look of understanding appeared on his face.

"So the younger brother found a good family for his older sister. No wonder he was able to break through several restrictions." Zhang Lingbao's eyes were playful. "It's just a pity that his brain isn't quite up to par."

Li Yi sneered, glancing at the distant waterfall out of the corner of his eye, and roared hysterically with all his might:

"Help—me—!"